Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 20, traps 17Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas and the risk of falling coal as they worked to free 17 miners after an explosion at a coal mine in central China early Saturday. Officials confirmed 20 miners were killed.

NGPG neurosurgeon to speak in Atlanta this weekendDarlene Lobel, MD, a neurosurgeon with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Neurosurgery will be one of the keynote speakers at the Northwest Georgia Parkinson’s Disease Association’s fifth annual Southeastern Parkinson Disease Conference to be held Oct. 15 – 17 in Atlanta.

Lawsuit filed challenging immigration enforcementA potential class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Atlanta over a government program that allows local authorities, including some in northeast Georgia, to enforce federal immigration law.